Birla Sun Life Mid Cap Fund: A consistent outperformer

Mid cap stocks have been the flavour of the markets for long time now with the Mid-cap index outperforming Sensex consistently over different time zones. Birla Sun Life Mid Cap Fund has been a consistent outperformer in the category and has indeed created wealth for the long term investor who has shown patience to remain invested in the fund. 

The fund with AUM of over Rs 1,832 crore has delivered 19.80 per cent, 34.01 per cent, 21.05 per cent, 16.09 per cent and 15.62 per cent returns over one year, three-year, five-year, seven-year and ten-year periods respectively.

If one had taken exposure in the fund via systematic investment plan (SIP), the returns earned by the investors would have been 34.81 per cent, 26.36 per cent, 25.78 per cent, 20.17 per cent, 18.26 per cent for over one year, three-year, five-year, seven-year and ten-year periods, respectively.

These returns suggest SIP route can prove to be more beneficial than the lumpsum method. Hence, looking at the consistency of performance, this fund can be a part of one's mutual fund investment portfolio.